| Opticks Contributor(s): Newton, Sir Isaac (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486602052 ISBN-13: 9780486602059 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2012 Annotation: One of the most readable of all the great classics of physical science, Opticks comprises a comprehensive survey of 18th-century knowledge of light, describing Newton's own experiments with spectroscopy, colors, lenses, reflection, refraction, and more, in language lay readers can easily follow. Foreword by Albert Einstein. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Acoustics & Sound - Science | Physics - General |
| Dewey: 534 |
| LCCN: 2018469772 |
| Series: Dover Books on Physics |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 5.4" W x 7.98" (1.16 lbs) 544 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Recommended to all scientists." -- Journal of Royal Naval Scientific Service "The publishers do us a service by issuing this reprint." -- The Institute of Physics "An underpinning for the entire edifice of physics." -- Scientific American A comprehensive survey of eighteenth-century knowledge about all aspects of light, Opticks also offers countless scientific insights by its distinguished author. One of the most readable of all the great classics of physical science, this volume will impress readers with its surprisingly modern perspectives. In language that lay readers can easily follow, Sir Isaac Newton describes his famous experiments with spectroscopy and colors, lenses, and the reflection and diffraction of light. Book I contains his fundamental experiments with the spectrum, Book II deals with the ring phenomena, and Book III covers diffraction. The work concludes with "Queries" -- speculations concerning light and gravitation. Opticks is introduced with a Foreword by Albert Einstein. |